History VideoGame / BillyHatcherAndTheGiantEgg

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The USA version's manual misspells Bantam's name as "Bamtam". The PAL version spells it correctly, though.

The mission-style layout is sort of a ShoutOut to the Adventure games from the [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic franchise]] with the gameplay focusing more on fighting than speed. It got mixed reviews (well, more like mixed-to-positive) from the gaming community, but the Sonic community liked the game.

* CatsAreMean: The small and large cat crow enemies.

* CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase

* CockADoodleDawn: The Elders are responsible to make the sun rise this way.

** [[PlayingWithFire Fire]] [[FireIsRed is red]].
** [[MakingASplash Water]] [[WaterIsBlue is blue]].
** [[BlowYouAway Wind]] [[WindIsGreen is green]].

* CreepyCircusMusic: The Circus Park music at night.
* CreepyCrows: Um, yeah, they're the main bad guys.

* DarknessEqualsDeath: During the second phase of the final boss fight. Justified -- see EnergyBeing below.
* DemBones: Topo rides on the back of the skeletal, sentient remains of a Tyrannosaurus.
** The Bone Dino [[MiniBoss mini-bosses]] you fight before him.

* HallOfMirrors: The circus tent on the second level has a lot of mirrors, and most of Saltims abilties involves mirrors.

* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:Unlike the other bosses, it's not clear whether Dark Corvo dies; the other bosses fade away, but a portal of darkness appears below Dark Corvo and he falls into it without him seen fading away.]]
* OminousFloatingCastle: [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon Giant Palace.]]

* PatchworkMap: Morning Land ''in general''.

* PerpetualMolt: In a game with a lot of cartoon birds, this was inevitable.

* {{Prehistoria}}: Dino Mountain fits the bill here too.
* {{Projeggtile}}: One of the many things you do with eggs in this game, since they're your primary way of attacking.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Out of the four kids, Rolly is the only girl, and out of the seven Elders, Ponee is the only hen. ([[FridgeLogic Then why does Ponee crow]]?)

* SuperDrowningSkills: Billy and his friends can't swim; if you land in any pool of water, they go ''splat'' with a faceplant and you lose one life. You ''can'', however, cross bodies of water with the purple Joker Hat (which allows you to ride your egg across water), and with the shark animal mount.

* ThreateningShark: Inverted. You can ride the shark in question around Pirate Island, letting you avoid the issue of your SuperDrowningSkills.
* UndergroundMonkey: All of the small enemies have the same basic attacks, either inflicting collision damage, or bouncing around.
* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: Giant Palace.
* VictoryPose: Whenever one of the characters grab an emblem, they strike a victory pose.
** Billy's and Rolly's look more like a HappyDance.

* GogglesDoNothing: Chick only wears them because they look pretty on him.

* LizardFolk: Era Gecko; at least, he's taken the form of one.

* NintendoHard: The later missions can become extremely difficult. The platforming sections, especially the parts where you're rolling down a course are frustrating. Especially the missions unlocked after rescuing Billy's friends.

* SillySimian: Saltim, who is a funny clown monkey boss, who is a [[BreatherBoss relief]] from the [[NintendoHard difficulty]] of the game, and is considered to be a fun boss.

* SummonMagic: Dark Corvo's magic seems to be all summon magic.

* WhaleEgg: All over the place, and even {{lampshade|Hanging}}d by one of the chicks wondering who or what laid them in the first place.

%%* BullfightBoss: Moles the Walrus is a good example.

%%* CueTheSun

%%* WidgetSeries

* TheCameo: An egg of Sonic can be seen in some parts of the game. While on the side of cameos, Billy had appeared in other Sega games. While people question on why Sega hasn't made a sequel yet after all these years. For some reason, Billy himself is COMPLETELY absent from Sonic and All Stars Racing Transformed, but his friends makes a small appearance in the game, and an appearance in the Sonic/Mega Man crossover comic, ''Worlds Unite''. How ironic.

* MusicalNod / MythologyGag: The Circus Park night music, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYKMvoLgsKo Odd March]]," is a song from ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Knuckles Chaotix]]''. Mariko Nanba composed music for both games.

* ShoutOut: [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, a Chao]], a [[VideoGame/PhantasyStar Rappy]], [[VideoGame/NightsIntoDreams NiGHTS]], a [[VideoGame/ChuChuRocket Kapu Kapu]], & [[VideoGame/SambaDeAmigo Amigo]] make appearances as tamable monsters.

%%* GangplankGalleon: Pirate Land

%%* GreenHillZone: Forest Village -- unsurprising, as this ''is'' a Sonic Team game, after all.

%%* LethalLavaLand: Dino Mountain.

* ShiftingSandLand: Sand Ruin, with Inca-like pyramids instead.

* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Blizzard Castle.

* BigBad: Dark Raven.

* BullfightBoss: Moles the Walrus is a good example.

* CircusOfFear: The Circus Park during the night.

* CueTheSun
* DarkIsEvil[=/=]LightIsGood

* DoppelgangerSpin: Saltim does this with mirrors.
* TheDragon: Dark Corvo to Dark Raven.

* EggMcGuffin

* EvilIsNotWellLit
* EvilSorcerer: Dark Corvo and Dark Raven.

* FatBastard: Captain Glur.

* FunnyAnimal: All the chicken people.
* GangplankGalleon: Pirate Land
* GentleGiant: Bantam.

* GreenHillZone: Forest Village -- unsurprising, as this ''is'' a Sonic Team game, after all.
* GuideDangIt: Some of the Chick Coins and rarer eggs.

* {{Keet}}: Billy shows some shades of this, fitting his role as savior of Morning Land.

* LethalLavaLand: Dino Mountain.

Has nothing to do with WesternAnimation/AbbyHatcher or Creator/TeriHatcher.

The mission-style layout is sort of a ShoutOut to the Adventure games from the [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic franchise]] with the gameplay focusing more on fighting than speed. It got mixed reviews (well, more like mixed-to-positive) from the gaming community, but the Sonic community liked the game.

* ProphetEyes: The crows.
* PunnyName

* QuicksandSucks: There is a lot of quicksand in the Sandy Ruin.
* SandIsWater: In the Sandy Ruin.

* GarnishingTheStory:
** LavaAddsAwesome: Dino Mountain.
** EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: Clippen.
** EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: Rainbow Gate.
** EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks: Well, not worse for ''you''. You can ride the shark in question around Pirate Island, letting you avoid the issue of your SuperDrowningSkills.
** GogglesDoNothing: Chick only wears them because they look pretty on him.
** GoldMakesEverythingShiny
** KangaroosRepresentAustralia: Rickol
** PrettyButterflies
** SpectacularSpinning
** StuffBlowingUp: Specially if you have a Cypher around.

* [[{{Irony}} Ironic]] [[PunnyName Name]]: A bantam is a small chicken. Bantam is the biggest of the four kids.

** EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Hence Dino Mountain.

** EverythingsBetterWithSpinning

** EverythingsBetterWithLlamas: It's a half-Ostrich Llama, by the way.
*** Don't forget Recky, an egg animal that resembles a monkey with bat wings!

* NiceHat: All the main characters.

* EleventhHourSuperpower: The "light ball" ability you gain in the final boss fight.

* FingerlessGloves: Billy, Rolly, and Bantam wear a pair of those.

** EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Saltim, who is a funny clown monkey boss, who is a [[BreatherBoss relief]] from the [[NintendoHard difficulty]] of the game, and is considered to be a fun boss.

* VideoGameSettings
** GreenHillZone: Forest Village.
** GangplankGalleon: Pirate Island.
** LethalLavaLand/{{Prehistoria}}: Dino Mountain.
** Slippy-SlideyIceWorld: Blizzard Castle.
** CircusOfFear: Circus Park.
** ShiftingSandLand: Sand Ruin.
** OminousFloatingCastle: Giant Palace.
* WaddlingHead: Most of the minion crows.

* WidgetSeries

* DevelopersForesight: Don't worry about any UnwinnableByMistake sections if your egg breaks while platforming. There's always a new egg nearby so you can get back to bouncing.

Has nothing to do with WesternAnimation/AbbyHatcher

* SpellingSong: The song G.I.A.N.T.E.G.G. in which on the song, that's all they do. Humorously enough, due to the lack of enunciation between the "I" and "A", they sound like they're spelling it wrong -- "G-I-N-T-E-G-G" -- which is kind of a liability for a Spelling Song. WebVideo/SomeCallMeJohnny also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzWc3-029q4 thinks the lyrics are "G-I-N-T E-G-G."]]
** "1,2,3,4! Ooooooooooh AAAHH!! La la la-la la la la, la-la-la, la la la-la la..."